According to an ESPN.com report, Major League Baseball is seeking to suspend about 20 players connected to the now-defunct Biogenesis of America clinic, possibly within the next few weeks.

Per the report, Tony Bosch, founder of the Miami-area clinic that is the focus of an ongoing PED scandal, has agreed to cooperate with MLB's investigation, two sources told ESPN's "Outside the Lines."

That would presumably give the league the needed ammo to suspend Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, among others.

Others, as in a group that includes Everth Cabrera and Yasmani Grandal.

In February Cabrera, along with then-Padres reliever Fautino De Los Santos, was linked to Biogenesis. In documents obtained by "Outside the Lines," Cabrera and De Los Santos were detailed as having received performance-enhancing drugs, although the documents alone aren't proof the players received or used PEDs.

One month earlier Grandal, who'd already been suspended 50 games for testing positive was testosterone, was linked to the clinic. So far, Grandal has declined to answer any questions about a potential connection to Biogenesis.

Related

And yet until now, no one expected suspensions anytime soon for any of the Biogenesis-connected players, not without Bosch's cooperation.

Now that that hurdle has been removed, the ramifications for the Padres could be devastating.

Cabrera has arguably been the team's MVP. Entering Wednesday's game against the Dodgers, he was hitting .276 with four home runs, 22 RBIs and an MLB-leading 23 stolen bases. His defense at short has been Gold Glove-worthy.

Grandal, meantime, was expected to give the Padres' catching position a boost since returning from his suspension. He's hitting just .095 (2-for-21), but the Padres have won four of the five games he has started.

According to the ESPN report, a source familiar with the case said the commissioner's office might seek 100-game suspensions for the players named in the Biogenesis documents, the penalty for a second doping offense -- the thinking being that the players' connection to Bosch constitutes one offense, and previous denials of any such connection or the use of PEDs constitute another.

If Grandal is suspended, it is not yet clear how severe a penalty the catcher, who has already served a 50-game suspension, would face.